SINGAPORE, Feb. 28 -- Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng is set to plead guilty on April 2 to two charges linked to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau's (CPIB) probe into former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran.

Ong, 79, was charged on October 4, 2024, with abetting a public servant in obtaining gifts and with abetting the obstruction of justice, according to a report published in The Straits Times today.

His decision to plead guilty was reflected in an update on the court's case management system following a pre-trial conference on February 28.

Ong, represented by a legal team from Allen & Gledhill including lawyer Aaron Lee, was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which makes it an offence for a public servan...